Memory
Text: (Rev 15:3-4 NKJV) They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord
God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! {4} Who
shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy.
For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have
been manifested."

(Rev 13:1-17 NKJV) Then I stood on the sand
of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads
and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous
name. {2} Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like
the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave
him his power, his throne, and great authority. {3} And I saw one of his
heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed.
And all the world marveled and followed the beast. {4} So they worshiped
the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast,
saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" {5} And
he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given
authority to continue for forty-two months. {6} Then he opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those
who dwell in heaven. {7} It was granted to him to make war with the saints
and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue,
and nation. {8} All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names
have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world. {9} If anyone has an ear, let him hear. {10} He who leads into
captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed
with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. {11} Then
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like
a lamb and spoke like a dragon. {12} And he exercises all the authority of
the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell
in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

{Rev 13:13-17} He performs great signs, so
that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of
men. {14} And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which
he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on
the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and
lived. {15} He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would
not worship the image of the beast to be killed. {16} He causes all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their
right hand or on their foreheads, {17} and that no one may buy or sell except
one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name.

(2 Th 2:2-4 NKJV) not to be soon shaken in
mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us,
as though the day of Christ had come. {3} Let no one deceive you by any means;
for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man
of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, {4} who opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God
in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

(Dan 7:8 NKJV) "I was considering the horns,
and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom
three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this
horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous
words.

(Dan 7:20-25 NKJV) "and the ten horns that
were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell,
namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose
appearance was greater than his fellows. {21} "I was watching; and the same
horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, {22}
"until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the
saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the
kingdom. {23} "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom
on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour
the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces. {24} The ten horns are
ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after
them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
{25} He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute
the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then
the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a
time.

(Dan 8:9-12 NKJV) And out of one of them came
a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east,
and toward the Glorious Land. {10} And it grew up to the host of heaven;
and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and
trampled them. {11} He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the
host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His
sanctuary was cast down. {12} Because of transgression, an army was given
over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to
the ground. He did all this and prospered.

(Rev 13:14 NKJV) And he deceives those who
dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight
of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the
beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

(Dan 7:25 NKJV) He shall speak pompous words
against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall
intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.

(Rev 13:12-17 NKJV) And he exercises all the
authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those
who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
{13} He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men. {14} And he deceives those who dwell on
the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast,
telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was
wounded by the sword and lived. {15} He was granted power to give breath
to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak
and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
{16} He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,
to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, {17} and that
no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast,
or the number of his name.

Monday

Gods
Invitation And Warning

(Rev 12:17 NKJV) And the dragon was enraged
with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who
keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

(Rev 13 NKJV) Then I stood on the sand of the
sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten
horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
{2} Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the
feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him
his power, his throne, and great authority. {3} And I saw one of his heads
as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And
all the world marveled and followed the beast. {4} So they worshiped the
dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying,
"Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" {5} And he was
given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority
to continue for forty-two months. {6} Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in
heaven. {7} It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome
them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. {8}
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written
in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

{Rev 13:9-18} If anyone has an ear, let him
hear. {10} He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the
faith of the saints. {11} Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth,
and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. {12} And he exercises
all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth
and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound
was healed. {13} He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come
down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. {14} And he deceives those
who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight
of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the
beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. {15} He was granted power to
give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should
both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast
to be killed. {16} He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, {17}
and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of
the beast, or the number of his name. {18} Here is wisdom. Let him who has
understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of
a man: His number is 666.

(Rev 13:6 NKJV) Then he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who
dwell in heaven.

(Rev 13:8-9 NKJV) All who dwell on the earth
will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. {9} If anyone has an ear,
let him hear.

(Rev 13:7 NKJV) It was granted to him to make
war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over
every tribe, tongue, and nation.

(Gen 11:1-9 NKJV) Now the whole earth had one
language and one speech. {2} And it came to pass, as they journeyed from
the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
{3} Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them
thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. {4}
And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top
is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered
abroad over the face of the whole earth." {5} But the LORD came down to see
the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. {6} And the LORD
said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this
is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld
from them. {7} "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that
they may not understand one another's speech." {8} So the LORD scattered
them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building
the city. {9} Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD
confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered
them abroad over the face of all the earth.

(Isa 14:4 NKJV) that you will take up this
proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: "How the oppressor has ceased,
The golden city ceased!

(Isa 14:12-14 NKJV) "How you are fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations! {13} For you have said in your heart: 'I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will
also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;
{14} I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most
High.'

(Rev 13:15-17 NKJV) He was granted power to
give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should
both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast
to be killed. {16} He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, {17}
and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of
the beast, or the number of his name.

Tuesday

Gods
Judgment

(Rev 14:7 NKJV) saying with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship
Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."

(Mat 28:19-20 NKJV) "Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, {20} "teaching them to observe all things
that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end
of the age." Amen.

(Rev 14:7 NKJV) saying with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship
Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."

Review Daniel
chapter 7

(Dan 7:13-14 NKJV) "I was watching in the night
visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. {14}
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples,
nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be
destroyed.

(Rev 14:7 NKJV) saying with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship
Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."

(Dan 7:22 NKJV) "until the Ancient of Days
came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and
the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.

(Rev 11:16-19 NKJV) And the twenty-four elders
who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,
{17} saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and
who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
{18} The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the
dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants
the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth." {19} Then the temple of
God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple.
And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great
hail.

(Rev 14:7 NKJV) saying with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship
Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."

(Exo 25:16-17 NKJV) "And you shall put into
the ark the Testimony which I will give you. {17} "You shall make a mercy
seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit
and a half its width.

(Deu 8:1-5 NKJV) "Every commandment which I
command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply,
and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. {2}
"And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these
forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was
in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. {3} "So He
humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did
not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man
shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of the LORD. {4} "Your garments did not wear out on you, nor
did your foot swell these forty years. {5} "You should know in your heart
that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.

Wednesday

Issues
In The Judgment

(Rev 12:17 NIV) Then the dragon was enraged
at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those
who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

(Rev 14:7 NIV) He said in a loud voice, "Fear
God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship
him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."

(Rev 12:17 NKJV) And the dragon was enraged
with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who
keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

(Rev 14:7 NKJV) saying with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship
Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."

(Gen 2:2-3 NKJV) And on the seventh day God
ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all
His work which He had done. {3} Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified
it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and
made.

(Exo 20:8-11 NKJV) "Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy. {9} Six days you shall labor and do all your work, {10}
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall
do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant,
nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within
your gates. {11} For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth,
the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the
LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

(Rev 14:1 NKJV) Then I looked, and behold,
a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand,
having His Father's name written on their foreheads.

(Exo 34:5-7 NKJV) Now the LORD descended in
the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
{6} And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God,
merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
{7} "keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and
sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth
generation."

(1 Cor 13 NKJV) Though I speak with the tongues
of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or
a clanging cymbal. {2} And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. {3} And though I bestow
all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but
have not love, it profits me nothing. {4} Love suffers long and is kind;
love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; {5} does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
{6} does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; {7} bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. {8} Love
never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there
are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish
away. {9} For we know in part and we prophesy in part. {10} But when that
which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

{1 Cor 13:11-13} When I was a child, I spoke
as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became
a man, I put away childish things. {12} For now we see in a mirror, dimly,
but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as
I also am known. {13} And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the
greatest of these is love.

(Gal 5:22-23 NKJV) But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, {23}
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

(Rev 14:9-12 NKJV) Then a third angel followed
them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image,
and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, {10} "he himself shall
also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength
into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone
in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. {11}
"And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no
rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives
the mark of his name." {12} Here is the patience of the saints; here are
those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Thursday

The
Grand Finale

(Rev 19:11-21 NKJV) Now I saw heaven opened,
and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. {12} His eyes were like
a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written
that no one knew except Himself. {13} He was clothed with a robe dipped in
blood, and His name is called The Word of God. {14} And the armies in heaven,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. {15}
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the
nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads
the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. {16} And He has
on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
{17} Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather
together for the supper of the great God, {18} "that you may eat the flesh
of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses
and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave,
both small and great." {19} And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth,
and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the
horse and against His army. {20} Then the beast was captured, and with him
the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived
those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.
These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. {21}
And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of
Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their
flesh.

(Rev 12:3 NKJV) And another sign appeared in
heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns,
and seven diadems on his heads.

(Rev 13:1 NKJV) Then I stood on the sand of
the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and
ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous
name.

(Rev 19:16 NKJV) And He has on His robe and
on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

(Rev 19:13 NKJV) He was clothed with a robe
dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

(Rev 19:16 NKJV) And He has on His robe and
on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

(1 Cor 15:25 NKJV) For He must reign till He
has put all enemies under His feet.

(Isa 14:12-14 NKJV) "How you are fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations! {13} For you have said in your heart: 'I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will
also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;
{14} I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most
High.'

(Rev 12:7-9 NKJV) And war broke out in heaven:
Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels
fought, {8} but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven
any longer. {9} So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called
the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him.

Review Revelation
chapter 13

(Rev 20:1-3 NKJV) Then I saw an angel coming
down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain
in his hand. {2} He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is
the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; {3} and he cast
him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that
he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.
But after these things he must be released for a little while.

(Rev 20:4-15 NKJV) And I saw thrones, and they
sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of
God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his
mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years. {Rev 20:5-15} But the rest of the dead did not
live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection. {6} Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection.
Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. {7} Now when the
thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison {8} and
will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth,
Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the
sand of the sea. {9} They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded
the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God
out of heaven and devoured them. {10} The devil, who deceived them, was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet
are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. {11} Then
I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. {12} And
I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened.
And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were
judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the
books. {13} The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades
delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according
to his works. {14} Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. {15} And anyone not found written in the Book of
Life was cast into the lake of fire.

(Rev 21:1-5 NKJV) Now I saw a new heaven and
a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also
there was no more sea. {2} Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
{3} And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.
God Himself will be with them and be their God. {4} "And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor
crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
{5} Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new."
And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."

(Eph 1:10 NRSV) as a plan for the fullness
of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on
earth.

(Eph 1:10 NKJV) that in the dispensation of
the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven and which are on earth; in Him.

(Rev 19:11-21 NKJV) Now I saw heaven opened,
and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. {12} His eyes were like
a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written
that no one knew except Himself. {13} He was clothed with a robe dipped in
blood, and His name is called The Word of God. {14} And the armies in heaven,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. {15}
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the
nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads
the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

{Rev 19:16-21} And He has on His robe and on
His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. {17} Then I saw
an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for
the supper of the great God, {18} "that you may eat the flesh of kings, the
flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those
who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small
and great." {19} And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against
His army. {20} Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet
who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received
the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast
alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. {21} And the rest were
killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the
horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Friday

(John 14:2-3 NKJV) "In My Father's house are
many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare
a place for you. {3} "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

(John 20:19 NKJV) Then, the same day at evening,
being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst,
and said to them, "Peace be with you."

(John 20:26 NKJV) And after eight days His
disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors
being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!"

(1 Cor 2:9 NKJV) But as it is written: "Eye
has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things
which God has prepared for those who love Him."

(1 Cor 2:15 NKJV) But he who is spiritual judges
all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

(1 John 3:2 NKJV) Beloved, now we are children
of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He
is.

(Rev 21:1-4 NKJV) Now I saw a new heaven and
a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also
there was no more sea. {2} Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
{3} And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.
God Himself will be with them and be their God.

{Rev 21:4} "And God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There
shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."

(Rev 21:22-27 NKJV) But I saw no temple in
it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. {23} The city
had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God
illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. {24} And the nations of those who
are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their
glory and honor into it. {25} Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there
shall be no night there). {26} And they shall bring the glory and the honor
of the nations into it. {27} But there shall by no means enter it anything
that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life.

(Rev 22:1-5 NKJV) And he showed me a pure river
of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and
of the Lamb. {2} In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river,
was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit
every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
{3} And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb
shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. {4} They shall see His
face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. {5} There shall be no night
there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them
light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

Ellen
G. White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 989

After the entrance of sin, the heavenly
Husbandman transplanted the tree of life to the Paradise above; but its branches
hang over the wall to the lower world. Through the redemption purchased by
the blood of Christ, we may still eat of its life-giving fruit. {7BC
989.1}

Of Christ it
is written, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men." He is the
fountain of life. Obedience to Him is the life-giving power that gladdens
the soul. {7BC 989.2}

Christ declares:
"I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he
that believeth on me shall never thirst" [John 6:57, 63; Rev. 2:7, last part,
quoted] (ST March 31, 1909). {7BC 989.3}

(Ps. 19:10; John
6:54-57.) Tree of Life Planted for Us.--The sons of men have had a practical
knowledge of evil, but Christ came to the world to show them that He had
planted for them the tree of life, the leaves of which were for the healing
of the nations (MS 67, 1898). {7BC 989.4}

The leaves of
the tree of life are proffered you. They are sweeter than honey and the
honeycomb. Take them, eat them, digest them, and your faintheartedness will
pass away (MS 71, 1898). {7BC 989.5}

Christ . . .
was the tree of life to all who would pluck and eat (MS 95, 1898). {7BC
989.6}

Bible the Tree
of Life to Us.--Let all bear in mind that the tree of life bears twelve manner
of fruits. This represents the spiritual work of our earthly missions. The
Word of God is to us the tree of life. Every portion of the Scripture has
its use. In every part of the Word is some lesson to be learned. Then learn
how to study your Bibles. This book is not a heap of odds and ends. It is
an educator. Your own thoughts must be called into exercise before you can
be really benefited by Bible study. Spiritual sinew and muscle must be brought
to bear upon the Word. The Holy Spirit will bring to remembrance the words
of Christ. He will enlighten the mind, and guide the research (Letter 3,
1898). {7BC 989.7}

Christ the Tree
of Life.--Christ is the source of our life, the source of immortality. He
is the tree of life, and to all who come to Him He gives spiritual life (RH
Jan. 26, 1897). {7BC 989.8}

3, 4. A Definition
of Heaven.--Christ is the truth of all that we find in the Father. The definition
of heaven is the presence of Christ (Und. MS 58). {7BC 989.9}

4. See EGW on
ch. 7:2, 3. {7BC 989.10}

10-12 (chs. 4:3;
10:1; see EGW on ch. 10:7; 2 Peter 3:9). Christ's Intercession Soon to
Cease.--The One who has stood as our intercessor; who hears all penitential
prayers and confessions; who is represented with a rainbow, the symbol of
grace and love, encircling His head, is soon to cease His work in the heavenly
sanctuary. Grace and mercy will then descend from the throne, and justice
will take their place. He for whom His people have looked will assume His
right--the office of Supreme Judge (RH Jan. 1, 1889). {7BC 989.11}

Probation Ends
When Least Expected.--When probation ends, it will come suddenly,
unexpectedly--at a time when we are least expecting it. But we can have a
clean record in heaven today, and know that God accepts us; and finally,
if faithful, we shall be gathered into the kingdom of heaven (MS 95, 1906).
{7BC 989.12}

No Second
Probation.--There is not a second probation for anyone. Now is probationary
time, before the angel shall fold her golden wings, the angel of mercy, and
shall step down from the throne, and mercy, mercy is gone forever (MS 49,
1894). {7BC 989.13}

(John 9:4.) Time
of Probation's Close Not Revealed.--God has not revealed to us the time when
this message will close, or when probation will have an end. Those things
that are revealed we shall accept for ourselves and for our children; but
let us not seek to know that which has been kept secret in the councils of
the Almighty. . . . {7BC 989.14}

Letters have
come to me asking me if I have any special light as to the time when probation
will close; and I answer that I have only this message to bear, that it is
now time to work while the day lasts, for the night cometh in which no man
can work. Now, just now, it is time for us to be watching, working, and waiting.
{7BC 989.15}

The Word of the
Lord reveals the fact that the end of all things is at hand, and its testimony
is most decided that it is necessary for every soul to have the truth planted
in the heart so that it will control the life and sanctify the character.
The Spirit of the Lord is working to take the truth of the Inspired Word
and stamp it (p. 990) upon the soul so that the professed followers of Christ
will have a holy, sacred joy that they will be able to impart to others.
The opportune time for us to work is now, just now, while the day lasts.
But there is no command for anyone to search the Scriptures in order to
ascertain, if possible, when probation will close. God has no such message
for any mortal lips. He would have no mortal tongue declare that which He
has hidden in His secret councils (RH Oct. 9, 1894). {7BC 989.16}

Ellen
G. White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 988

1 (Isa. 33:21). No Engulfing Ocean.--The sea
divides friends. It is a barrier between us and those whom we love. Our
associations are broken up by the broad, fathomless ocean. In the new earth
there will be no more sea, and there shall pass there "no galley with oars."
In the past many who have loved and served God have been bound by chains
to their seats in galleys, compelled to serve the purpose of cruel, hardhearted
men. The Lord has looked upon their suffering in sympathy and compassion.
Thank God, in the earth made new there will be no fierce torrents, no engulfing
ocean, no restless, murmuring waves (MS 33, 1911). {7BC 988.1}

1-4 (Isa. 30:26).
God's Family United at Last.--Now the church is militant, now we are confronted
with a world in midnight darkness, almost wholly given over to idolatry.
But the day is coming in which the battle will have been fought, the victory
won. The will of God is to be done on earth, as it is done in heaven. Then
the nations will own no other law than the law of heaven. All will be a happy,
united family, clothed with the garments of praise and thanksgiving--the
robe of Christ's righteousness. {7BC 988.2}

All nature in
its surpassing loveliness will offer to God a constant tribute of praise
and adoration. The world will be bathed in the light of heaven. The years
will move on in gladness. The light of the moon will be as the light of the
sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold greater than it is now. Over
the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the sons of God will
shout for joy, while Christ and God will unite in proclaiming, "There shall
be no more sin, neither shall there be any more death" (RH Dec. 17, 1908).
{7BC 988.3}

4 (see EGW on
1 Cor. 15:51-55). The Christian's Summer.--This earth is the place of preparation
for heaven. The time spent here is the Christian's winter. Here the chilly
winds of affliction blow upon us, and the waves of trouble roll against us.
But in the near future, when Christ comes, sorrow and sighing will be forever
ended. Then will be the Christian's summer. All trials will be over, and
there will be no more sickness or death. "God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying
. . . : for the former things are passed away" (MS 28, 1886). {7BC
988.4}

1, 2 (ch. 7:17;
see EGW on Luke 23:40-43). Higher Education in the Future Life.--Christ,
the heavenly Teacher, will lead His people to the tree of life that grows
on either side of the river of life, and He will explain to them the truths
they could not in this life understand. In that future life His people will
gain the higher education in its completeness. Those who enter the city of
God will have the golden crowns placed upon their heads. That will be a joyful
scene that none of us can afford to miss. We shall cast our crowns at the
feet of Jesus, and again and again we will give Him the glory and praise
His holy name. Angels will unite in the songs of triumph. Touching their
golden harps, they will fill all heaven with rich music and songs to the
Lamb (MS 31, 1909). {7BC 988.8}

2 (ch. 2:7; Gen.
2:9; see EGW on Gen. 3:22-24; John 5:39). Life-giving Power in Tree of Life.--The
tree of life is a representation of the preserving care of Christ for His
children. As Adam and Eve ate of this tree, they acknowledged their dependence
upon God. The tree of life possessed the power to perpetuate life, and as
long as they ate of it, they could not die. The lives of the antediluvians
were protracted because of the life-giving power of this tree, which was
transmitted to them from Adam and Eve (RH Jan. 26, 1897). {7BC 988.9}

(John 1:4.)
Life-giving Fruit Ours Through Christ.--The fruit of the tree of life in
the Garden of Eden possessed supernatural virtue. To eat of it was to live
forever. Its fruit was the antidote of death. Its leaves were for the sustaining
of life and immortality. But through man's disobedience, death entered the
world. Adam ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the fruit
of which he had been forbidden to touch. His transgression opened the floodgates
of woe upon our race. (p. 989) {7BC 988.10}

(Rev 3:14-22 NKJV) "And to the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write, 'These things says the Amen, the Faithful
and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: {15} "I know your
works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
{16} "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
vomit you out of My mouth. {17} "Because you say, 'I am rich, have become
wealthy, and have need of nothing'; and do not know that you are wretched,
miserable, poor, blind, and naked; {18} "I counsel you to buy from Me gold
refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may
be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint
your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. {19} "As many as I love, I rebuke
and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. {20} "Behold, I stand at the
door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come
in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. {21} "To him who overcomes I
will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with
My Father on His throne. {22} "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the churches."' "

(Mat 25:1-13 NKJV) "Then the kingdom of heaven
shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet
the bridegroom. {2} "Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. {3}
"Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, {4} "but
the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. {5} "But while the
bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. {6} "And at midnight
a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
{7} "Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. {8} "And the foolish
said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
{9} "But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough
for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
{10} "And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were
ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. {11} "Afterward
the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' {12} "But
he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.'

{Mat 25:13} "Watch therefore, for you know
neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

(Mat 25:31-46 NKJV) "When the Son of Man comes
in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne
of His glory. {32} "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the
goats. {33} "And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on
the left. {34} "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come,
you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world: {35} 'for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was
thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; {36}
'I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in
prison and you came to Me.' {37} "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying,
'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
{38} 'When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe
You? {39} 'Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' {40}
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch
as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'
{41} "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you
cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
{42} 'for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave
Me no drink; {43} 'I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and
you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' {44}
"Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry
or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister
to You?' {45} "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you,
inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do
it to Me.' {46} "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but
the righteous into eternal life."